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    Published: 11/7/09

    House Narrowly Passes Historic Health Care Bill

    By  Patricia Murphy
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    The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a massive overhaul of the American health care system Saturday night by a vote of 220 to 215. One Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana, crossed the aisle, while 39 Democrats joined the Republicans in opposing the measure.House Speaker Nancy ...

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    Published: 11/6/09

    New York Republicans Consider Punishing Dede Scozzafava for Backing Dem

    By  David Sessions

    Republican leaders in New York are raising the possibility of "punishing" state Rep. Dede Scozzafava, who withdrew from the race for Congress in New York's 23rd district and endorsed a Democrat, the Los Angeles Times' Top of the Ticket reports. Scozzafava endorsed Bill Owens after national ...

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    Published: 11/5/09

    Senate Kills Vitter Amendment to Include Citizenship Question on Census Forms

    By  Patricia Murphy

    The Senate voted 60 to 39 Thursday to block the amendment by Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) to require 2010 census takers to ask respondents if they are U.S. citizens. Even though 100 million forms have already been printed, Vitter and Bennett threatened to stop funding for ...

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    Published: 11/5/09

    Handicapping the Race for the 2012 GOP Presidential Nomination

    By  Bruce Drake

    Mike Huckabee leads the GOP pack for the party's presidential nomination in 2012 when Republicans were asked who they would "seriously consider," with 71 percent, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 1. ...

    Published: 11/5/09

    Michele Bachmann's Capitol House Call: 'Get Your Hands Off My Health Care!'

    By  Patricia Murphy
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    Rep. Michele Bachmann's message for conservatives traveling to Washington to attend her Capitol Hill House Call event Thursday is simple: "Go into the Capitol and find members of Congress," she told activists Wednesday night. "Don't bring your pitchforks, bring your video cameras. And get them on ...

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    Published: 11/5/09

    Florida, Texas, California? Conservative Activists Mull Their Next Stand

    By  Jill Lawrence
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    Conservative activists aren't wasting any time in mourning, as one put it, in the wake of their anointed candidate's narrow loss in New York's 23rd Congressional District. Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is among the realists who look at Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman's defeat and ...

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    Published: 11/4/09

    Next Year Looking Less Friendly for Democrats

    By  Bruce Drake

    A day after the off-year elections which produced glimmers of hope for the GOP, Gallup has dug into its data and sees a political climate in 2010 that is less hospitable for Democrats than it was in the 2008 presidential contest and the 2006 midterms. ...

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    Published: 11/3/09

    The Battle of NY-23 and Sarah Palin's Purity Problem

    By  David Corn
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    Once you whip up a mob, can you control it? That may be Sarah Palin's next problem. Before the votes were counted Tuesday night, the former Republican vice presidential candidate was already something of a winner. Though her candidate in the special election for a House seat in upstate New York, ...

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    Published: 11/3/09

    NY-23: How Sarah Palin Stands to Win (and Charlie Crist Stands to Lose)

    By  Matt Lewis
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    Much has been made over the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District. For some, the attention might seem a bit much, given that it is merely one of 435 House seats. In reality, this race is about much more than one House seat. It is a proxy battle in the long-running war ...

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    Published: 11/3/09

    Is Bob McDonnell the Future of the GOP?

    By  Jill Lawrence
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    FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Republican Party stands to gain a new A-lister this week in Virginia governor-elect Bob McDonnell, who ran his race here with near-perfect temperament, focus, discipline and hair.It wasn't an interesting horse race, what with McDonnell ahead of Democrat Creigh Deeds by double ...

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